Two men, dog unharmed after plane crashes into tree
Plan experienced engine trouble while trying to land.
A father, son and the dog they were flying with walked away unscathed after their small plane crashed into a tree near an airport in the Florida panhandle Saturday morning, officials said.
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The Beech Bonanza aircraft, which is a six-seater, single-engine model plane, crashed around 10 a.m. just short of the runway at the Destin Executive Airport, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. While coming in for a landing, the small plane experienced engine trouble and just missed a house before careening into a tree near Main Street.
The two men, along with their Labrador retriever, “somehow survived without a scratch,” the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post. They were the only people aboard the aircraft. Jason Dougherty, 47, and his son Caleb Dougherty, 22, both from Kansas, were flying to Florida for vacation.
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The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the accident. The Federal Aviation Administration has also been notified.
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